When I was a young adult, someone told me a somewhat off color joke. An elderly couple was peacefully sitting on their porch swing one
Christians agree that God is omnipotent and sovereign, meaning that He is able to do all things. The Nicene Creed proclaims faith in “one God,
While writing this article, many are preparing for the anniversary of Roe vs Wade on January 22, 2015. Many of us are preparing for rallies and marches
We humans are complex creations. It cannot be denied that we are “fearfully and wonderfully” made by our God. The earthly bodies He gave us are
Culture is a word with a depth of meaning – a mixture of pain, joy, pride, love, restriction, and tradition. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary,
Do you find yourself waiting secretly for your knight in shining armour to whisk you off your feet so you can live happily ever after?
With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us, many of us are preparing our homes for guests, buying food to make a huge meal, and getting ready
A few years ago when a journalist interviewed me for an article on Mother’s Day for our city’s major paper, she asked me if I
I know this is old news now, but so is the resurrection of Jesus. The Extraordinary Synod on the Family that ended on October 19,
Unless you’ve kept your mom biz aspirations a secret, you’ve experienced it: those comments and looks about your dream life and business. “But, will you
Holy People in Daily Life Several rolling, rural counties of Northeastern Ohio are home to the largest Amish community in the world. Ohioans are very
It is not enough to be busy: so are the ants. The question is: What are you busy about? – Henry David Thoreau I recently
I’ve traversed the murky waters of the reportage going on concerning the Extraordinary Synod on the Family for the past week or so. There have
Every year, as October comes around, many breast cancer victims like me find themselves inwardly groaning. How can efforts purportedly for our benefit be so
I went to see “When the Game Stands Tall,” the “football movie” as I called it, when I purchased my ticket from the woman at
My husband called on his way home from work, tired and hungry. He had been in Atlanta since before the sun came up, and now
Good, perfect, holy, sweet, innocent, beautiful, kind, pure – there are so many words that described who I wanted to be ever since childhood. These
As Holy Mother Church plans the World Meeting of Families, my husband and I are approaching our 40th wedding anniversary. As a child bride of
Perhaps you have heard it said that the youth are the future of the church. I’m here to tell you that this statement is not true.
What Are “Casual Catholic Men”? There is a Catholic “man-crisis.” Large numbers of Catholic men, while not rejecting the faith explicitly, have implicitly rejected the faith
Trendy — it’s all the rage in today’s works of charity. Never mind that the theological virtue of Charity should be a staple in the
Fr. Ronald Knox, an English Catholic of the early 20th century and convert, gave retreats and talks to lay people to help them deepen and
